Voicemail from scammer posing as Lt. Joel Diaz with the Georgetown Police Department
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Zakiya Jennings
Reporter
Zakiya Jennings joined the CoastTV team as a Video Journalist in April 2024. She was born and raised in Somerset, New Jersey. Zakiya received her bachelor's degree from the largest HBCU in Maryland, Morgan State University, where she majored in Multimedia Journalism with a minor in Political Science. During her time at Morgan State, she was a trusted reporter for all three of the university's media platforms - WEAA 88.9FM, BEAR TV, and The Spokesman, the student run online publication.
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Voicemail from scammer posing as Lt. Joel Diaz with the Georgetown Police Department.
Zakiya Jennings
Reporter
Zakiya Jennings joined the CoastTV team as a Video Journalist in April 2024. She was born and raised in Somerset, New Jersey. Zakiya received her bachelor's degree from the largest HBCU in Maryland, Morgan State University, where she majored in Multimedia Journalism with a minor in Political Science. During her time at Morgan State, she was a trusted reporter for all three of the university's media platforms - WEAA 88.9FM, BEAR TV, and The Spokesman, the student run online publication.
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Lt. Diaz urges people to pause and do not be quick to give personal and financial information over the phone.
Lt. Diaz says he believes AI may have been used to create the voicemail and says he and Chief Holm have recently attended an AI training because "it's new" and they are trying to stay ahead of the game.